This is what the team is capable of says ton-up Delhi lad

Completing one of the best chases in ODI history has given the Indian team a new fillip and centurion Virat Kohli is pleased that the side has managed to show what it is capable of.

'We had nothing to lose in this game. We just wanted to enjoy the game and the way we batted, it will lift the spirit of the team.

It is important to win like this after the kind of season we have had in Australia.

Sri Lankan batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan, left, is consoled by his teammate Kumar Sangakkara who got out after reaching a century

We will take a lot of positives from this game if this turns out to be the last match.

Just to look back and reflect what
kind of players we are and what kind of cricket we can play," Kohli said
after the game at the Bellerive Oval on Tuesday.

'If we reach the final, we will be as
expressive as today. We are not going to think twice before doing
anything. If we make it to final, we will play like we did today.'

On his own batting, which came of age
during the Perth Test, Kohli said he blocked out the negative comments
about his temperament.

'Critics will always be there. It was more of proving it to yourself. It was like 'if you play well, make sure you take your team to victory'. When you play in the middle, you hit a four and don't think 'Now I have answered the critics'.

Before my innings in Perth, I was thinking way too much about what was being said or written. After that I stopped watching news or reading papers. I told myself I am good enough and if I stay positive and do my mental preparation, there is no good reason why I can't score runs,' he added.

Needless to say, the Delhi batsman rated this as the best innings of his career. "It has to be the best innings of my career.

The kind of situation we were in, chasing 320… it was a crunch game and also we needed a bonus point. So to play an innings like that, it feels really good.'

Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene defended his decision to continue bowling with Lasith Malinga, who ended up figures of 7.4-0-96-1, and delaying the bowling powerplay, which gave India 10 overs of fielding restrictions right before the 40th over.

'That (Powerplay) decision was because I wanted to bowl my spinner but they were going at nine an over, so I couldn't take it then. I wanted to take the Powerplay around the 20th or the 22nd over. They still went at eight-nine an over.

'Then I had to delay it, thinking I could get a wicket but it didn't work today. They batted really well throughout,' Jayawardene said.

The skipper bowled Malinga, instead of left-arm spinner Rangana Herath whose four overs yielded 20 runs. For him, it was just one of those days.

'Once the ball gets a little older, that's when Malinga gets effective. I don't know. That's the thing. Lots of ifs and buts. It's easy to say, 'I could have done this or that'. But that's the way the game goes.'